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The Vintage Pocket Skirt

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Overview

In The Vintage Pocket Skirt, Shaerie Mead gives you step-by-step instructions for making a simple, yet stylish skirt.
Shaerie, of Sew L.A., has been teaching people how to sew since 2005. In this class, she’ll show you how to make one of her most popular garments. You’ll learn about:
  • Reading and preparing the paper pattern
  • Sewing pockets and the skirt body
  • Interfacing, sewing, and attaching the waistband
  • Finishing and hemming the skirt
Even if you have never sewn before, you’ll be able to follow along. Shaerie will explain sewing basics and she’ll help you make sense of the paper patterns that are part and parcel of garment-making.

Impress people with a handmade skirt that looks complicated but is actually pretty easy to construct with tips from The Vintage Pocket Skirt with Shaerie Mead.

Syllabus

  • Introduction & Overview of Skillset
  • Pattern Envelope Overview
  • Measuring Your Body
  • Cutting out the Pattern
  • Understanding Fabric Anatomy
  • Cutting out the Fabric
  • Fusing the Interfacing
  • Sewing the Pockets
  • Sewing the Skirt Body
  • Preparing the Waistband
  • Attach the Waistband to the Skirt
  • Creating the Casing & Inserting Elastic
  • Finishing the Waistband
  • Hemming the Skirt
  • Modeling the Skirt

Taught by

Shaerie Mead

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